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The wind industry is anything but breezy these days. Congress has not extended the production tax credit, and industry insiders say that even if it gets an additional year, the decline in wind development will not abate.

As the state Legislature takes up a $167 million disaster relief package Friday, some transportation repairs stemming from the floods and high winds that struck northeast Minnesota last June are moving along.

Small- to mid-size projects are vying for $47.5 million in state bonding money being distributed by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development through its capital projects grant program.

Ninety public projects across Minnesota – with a total price tag of $288.4 million — are competing for a mere $47.5 million in bonding money that state lawmakers set aside for the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development to distribute.

Ramsey County commissioners are considering applying for state grant money to help purchase and clean up the long vacant Arden Hills site that was passed over for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium earlier this year.